My Favorite Albums And Songs Of 2015 (So Far)

This isn’t so much a list of the few albums and songs that I loved more than anything else in 2015 as it is a list of the music that I’ve listened to the most and have the strongest associations to this year. When I think of 2015, I think of these albums and songs.

Also, to say that the following albums and songs are “the best” is dumb, so I’m going to say that these are my favorites of 2015 so far aka some music from 2015 that you should check out if you haven’t already.

Here are my 10 favorite albums, in alphabetical order:

Alabama Shakes – ‘Sound & Color’

Belle & Sebastian – “Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance’

Courtney Barnett – ‘Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit’

And here are my 20 favorite songs, in alphabetical order. To make things more interesting, I didn’t include any songs that came from any of my favorite albums (because most of those songs would be on this list).

Beach Slang – “Too Late to Die Young”

Best Coast – “Feeling Ok”

Carly Rae Jepsen – “I Really Like You”

Chromatics – “I Can Never Be Myself When You’re Around”

Colleen Green – “TV”

Craig Finn – “Newmyer’s Roof”

Dawes – “Don’t Send Me Away”

Desaparecidos – “MariKKKopa”

Diet Cig – “Scene Sick”

Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment – “Sunday Candy”

Downtown Boys – “Dancing In The Dark”

Hop Along – tie between “The Knock” and “Happy to See Me”

Hot Chip – “Huarache Lights”

Kacey Musgraves – “Dime Store Cowgirl”

Leon Bridges – “Smooth Sailin'”

Panda Bear – “Mr. Noah”

(The single came out last October, but I heard it for the first time when I listened to this year’s ‘Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper’, so I’m including it on this list.)

Sam Outlaw – “Jesus Take the Wheel (And Drive Me to a Bar)”

Sufjan Stevens – “Death with Dignity”

Titus Andronicus – “Dimed Out”

Tobias Jesso Jr. – “True Love”

(note: this song technically wasn’t on ‘Goon’, so I don’t feel bad about including TJJ on here)

And in case you missed it, here’s a Spotify playlist that I update throughout the year of all the songs that I like this year.